2007年Use of English
Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)By 1830, the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies had become independent nations. The roughly 20 million __1__ of these nations looked __2__ to the future. Born in the crisis of the old regime and Iberian Colonialism, many of the leaders of independence __3__ the ideas of representative government, careers __4__ to talent, freedom of commerce and trade in the __5__ to private property, and a belief in the individual as the basis of society. __6__ there was a belief that the new nations should be sovereign and independent states, large enough to be economically viable and integrated by a __7__ set of laws.
On the issue of __8__ of religion and the position of the church, __9__, there was less agreement __10__ the leadership. Roman Catholicism had been the state religion and the only one __11__ by the Spanish crown, __12__ most leaders sought to maintain Catholicism __13__ the official religion of the new states, some sough to end the __14__ of other faiths. The defense of the Church became a rallying __15__ for the conservative forces.
The ideals of the early leaders of independence were often egalitarian, valuing equality of everything. Bolivar had received aid from Haiti and had __16__ in return to abolish slavery in the areas he liberated. By 1854 slavery had been abolished everywhere except Spain's __17__ colonies. Early promises to end Indian tribute and taxes on people of mixed origin came much __18__ because the new nations still needed the revenue. Such policies __19__ Egalitarian sentiments were often tempered by fears that the mass of the population was __20__ self-rule and democracy.
1 ［A］natives ［B］inhabitants ［C］peoples ［D］individuals
2 ［A］confusedly ［B］cheerfully ［C］worriedly ［D］hopefully
3 ［A］shared ［B］forgot ［C］attained ［D］rejected
4 ［A］related ［B］close ［C］open ［D］devoted
5 ［A］access ［B］succession ［C］right ［D］return
6 ［A］Presumably ［B］Incidentally ［C］Obviously ［D］Generally
7 ［A］unique ［B］common ［C］particular ［D］typical
8 ［A］freedom ［B］origin ［C］impact ［D］reform
9 ［A］therefore ［B］however ［C］indeed ［D］moreover
10［A］with ［B］about ［C］among ［D］by
11［A］allowed ［B］preached ［C］granted ［D］funded
12［A］Since ［B］If ［C］Unless ［D］While
13［A］as ［B］for ［C］under ［D］against
14［A］spread ［B］interference ［C］exclusion ［D］influence
15［A］support ［B］cry ［C］plea ［D］wish
16［A］urged ［B］intended ［C］expected ［D］promised
17［A］controlling ［B］former ［C］remaining ［D］original
18［A］slower ［B］faster ［C］easier ［D］tougher
19［A］created ［B］produced ［C］contributed ［D］preferred
20［A］puzzled by ［B］hostile to ［C］pessimistic about ［D］unprepared for
